rammed earth presentation
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Narayan AcharayaTBS Green week Presentation3rd April 2017
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Our Story
Construction company building homes, schools
and hospital from rammed earth.
Problem of traditional brick industryDestroying Farm Land Child Labor / Poor working
conditions
Our solutions
Compress earth onsite by hand use earth from the site itself No child labor stable job
Environmental impact
Avoid use of fossil fuels by
•hand-compressing local earth onsite
•less cement•minimal heating/
cooling/•maintenance
Socio-cultural impact
•Stable, fair employment
•Skill development •No child labor •Traditional-looking, attractive buildings
Impact on comfortable living
FeatureRammed
Earth building
Cement/brick pillar system
Thermal insulation
warm in wintercool in
summer
cold in winterhot in
summer
Humidity comfortable year round
humid in monsoon
Earthquake resistance
Earthquake resilient
Often poorly built
Mix Soil, stone dust and cement Rammed it into a form work When dry the wall/structure stronger than concrete
How webuild houses
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Bayalpata Hospital, Achham district, remote far-west Nepal
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Nayagaun School, Kavrepalanchowk District
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Herb Nepal’s training and farm stay centre, Ashapuri, Bhaktapur
Any Questions?
Vision
Conserve the environment and provide employment by making safer, healthier,
more comfortable sustainable buildings in Nepal
So far we have constructed:
• 20 buildings from Rammed Earth (homes/ schools/ hospitals)
• 5 ongoing buildings• 5 buildings in pipeline
Progress Since 2015
Lets Support beautiful comfortable environmentall friendly buildings in Nepal
Narayan Acharaya
Everyone who is interested is welcome to come and visit to experience the comfort of our buildings for themselves